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Lakers on Kobe's send-off: Prepare for a show

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott said he has one simple plan for Kobe Bryant's final NBA game Wednesday night.

"Like I told him: 'This is the last hurrah. Let's have some fun. Let's go out with a bang,'" Scott said after shootaround at the team's training facility hours before the Lakers face the Utah Jazz in the last game of Bryant's 20-season NBA career.

A sold-out crowd and between 400-500 credentialed media members will be on hand at Staples Center in what Scott said he expects to be a "crazy evening.